Consultant Environment & sustainability (ESG)

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At Arcadis we focus on attracting, retaining and developing people who share our passion and commitment to improve quality of life. In return we offer you the opportunity to transform your world and the world around you, that could be through client work, upskilling yourself, championing equality and inclusion or getting involved in charity work, to name just a few. Our people value different perspectives, they care about the sustainability of our planet and dare to shape the future.

One of our core values is ‘people first’, and supported by our Lovinklaan foundation, we invest in you for the long term, to ensure you reach your full potential. You’ll have the opportunity to own your career and work on industry-defining projects, finding solutions to real challenges that make a difference to people’s lives. You’re encouraged to have a growth mindset and are given the space to develop personally and professionally, building a flexible career that works for you.

What challenge will you take on?
The Sustainable Operations team within Arcadis is fully committed to helping our clients make their operations more sustainable and improve their environmental and energy performance. We are a team in full development, working on issues with significant relevance in the present day.

We are looking for a new passionate Environment & Sustainability Consultant. You will be responsible for providing strategic environmental and sustainability advice to our clients, particularly in the areas of environmental management systems and ESG assessments. As a consultant, you may play a coaching role in the implementation of the systems, or an investigative role as an auditor or assessor in relation to ISO standards or ESG ranking systems.

You will be part of a dynamic team that provides sustainability advice to companies and governments at the crossroads of our expertise in sustainability, biodiversity, greenhouse gas emissions, water, waste and climate.

More specifically, you will be responsible for the following-

• Provide strategic advice to our clients on sustainability, i.e. setting the right targets (science-based), roadmaps, (carbon) footprinting & reporting
• Supervise the implementation, maintenance and audit of our client’s environmental management systems in accordance with the methodologies developed by our team
• Help build our ESG services by collaborating with other Arcadis international teams in the US, UK, NL, and other regions
• Manage all project management tasks and contacts with the client
  

What will you bring to the table?

• You have a Master’s degree in environmental or sustainability sciences
• You have at least 5 years of relevant experience in environmental management systems based on ISO14001 or EMAS
• You are a strong communicator who can write fluently in several languages (fluency in English, Dutch and French is a plus)
• You do not hesitate to deliver presentations about your work
• You are proactive, entrepreneurial and independent at work
• You are flexible and can easily adjust when things do not go as planned
• You have strong project management and coordination skills
• You are committed to delivering excellent quality services to our clients
• You are willing to travel when necessary
  

Why choose Arcadis?
Our work with clients has a direct impact on people’s lives and on the planet. We make moving, living and belonging in cities safer, more resilient and more sustainable. By partnering with our clients as responsible custodians of our earth’s resources, we can create a sustainable planet.

We continue to think of new ways to make positive impacts and create better experiences for people; data driven and digital solutions have become part of the Arcadis DNA. Working together with clients and using techniques like design thinking, we can get to the heart of our clients’ most pressing challenges and work together to solve them.

As a global business, we have committed to support five of the UN’s Sustainable Development Goals to ensure that our projects contribute to a better and more sustainable future for all. But it’s not just the work that we do on client projects that benefits communities and our planet. As a global business, we are committed to making a positive impact to society by supporting local communities where we operate.

To help protect our planet, we monitor and measure non-financial information to inform business decisions and reduce our own environmental impact as part of our commitment to be net zero carbon as a global company by 2030.

Our Commitment to Equality, Diversity, Inclusion & Belonging-
We want you to be able to bring your best self to work every day, which is why we take equality and inclusion seriously and hold ourselves to account for our actions. Our ambition is to be an employer of choice and provide a great place to work for all our people.

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